QATAR Fact Sheet

General information: Fact sheets are updated biannually; May and September

Capital: Doha Head of State:

Surface area: 11 thousand sq km Emir of the State of Qatar HH Sheikh Hamad
Official language: Arabic bin Khalifa Al-Thani
Population: 1.1 million (2008) Head of Government:
Exchange rate: A$1 = 2.3619 Riyals (Feb 2009) Prime Minister HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim
bin Jabr Al-Thani
Recent economic indicators: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008(a) 2009(b)
GDP (US$bn) (current prices): 31.7 42.5 56.9 71.0 102.3 99.7
GDP PPP (US$bn) (c): 51.6 56.3 66.9 79.3 94.2 112.2
GDP per capita (US$): 41,949 53,333 67,922 76,374 93,204 81,861
GDP per capita PPP (US$) (c): 68,166 70,772 79,838 85,199 85,868 92,121
Real GDP growth (% change yoy): 17.7 9.2 15.0 15.3 16.4 18.0
Current account balance (US$m): 7,100 14,100 16,113 21,951 36,083 7,443
Current account balance (% GDP): 22.4 33.2 28.3 30.9 35.3 7.5
Goods & services exports (% GDP): 64.2 67.6 69.0 71.0 63.0 45.7
Inflation (% change yoy): 6.8 8.8 11.8 13.8 15.0 9.0
Australia's merchandise trade with Qatar Real GDP growth Australia's merchandise exports to Qatar
A$m % A$m 2003
25 90 2008
500

400 20
Imports
60
300 15

200 10
30
Exports
100 5

0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Primary STM ETM Other

Australia's trade relationship with Qatar (d):

Australian merchandise trade with Qatar, 2008: Total share: Rank: Growth (yoy):
Exports to Qatar (A$m): 183 0.1% 50th -6.8%
Imports from Qatar (A$m): 402 0.2% 44th 67.3%
Total trade (exports + imports) (A$m): 585 0.1% 45th 34.0%

Major Australian exports, 2008* (A$m): Major Australian imports, 2008* (A$m):
Passenger motor vehicles 50 Liquified propane & butane 116
Live animals (excl seafood) 27 Fertilisers (excl crude) 111
Meat (excl beef) 20 Inorganic chemical elements 14
Beef 11 Primary ethylene polymers 10
*Includes A$25m of confidential items, 14% of total exports. *Includes A$146m of confidential items, 36% of total imports.

Australia's trade in services with Qatar, 2008: Total share:

Exports of services to Qatar (A$m): na na
Imports of services from Qatar (A$m): na na

Qatar's global merchandise trade relationships:

Qatar's principal export destinations, 2007: Qatar's principal import sources, 2007:
1 Japan 40.6% 1 United States 11.4%
2 Republic of Korea 17.5% 2 Italy 10.3%
3 Singapore 11.3% 3 Japan 10.0%
15 Australia 0.5% 19 Australia 1.1%
Compiled by the Market Information and Research Section, DFAT, using the latest data from the ABS, the IMF and various international sources.
(a) All recent data subject to revision; (b) IMF/EIU forecast; (c) PPP is purchasing power parity; (d) Total may not add due to rounding.
na Data not available.